This is the book for introducing and getting to grips with conversation analysis. Accessible, comprehensive and very applied. - Steven Wright, Lancaster Univers

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An in-depth view on Schegloff's complex and stimulating work in Conversation Analysis and offers clear insights into how it has and may be developed further as

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Gender Talk provides a powerful case for the application of discursive psychology and conversation analysis to feminism, guiding the reader through cutting edge